Benjamin Worden is shown as a taxpayer in the Nine Partners/Crum Elbow Precinct in 1778 and 1779 and in the Town of Clinton (probably) 1787 (see Clifford M. Buck, Dutchess County Tax Lists 1718-1787). (In the same source document, there is an entry on page 113 showing a John Wells Brown as a taxpayer on the Worden Place from June 1762 to June 1765 in the Nine Partners/Crum Elbow Precinct.) Benjamin is in Dutchess County in 1780 with wife Sarah Frost and two children ages 3 and 1 (see Bahn Census Data). He is shown on the federal census in Clinton, Dutchess Co. with 2 males under 16 in 1790; in 1800 with 3 males under 10 and 1 between 10-16, also with 1 girl under 20 and 1 between 10-16. In 1810, there is a Benjamin in Greenfield, Saratoga Co. showing 11101-11. A Benjamin owned land in Saratoga County, NY as noted in N.Y. Deeds, Q:11, per NEHGR, Vol. 138, p. 212, 1984. In 1820 there are 3 Benjamins in New York State, one in Middlefield, Otsego Co., one in Halfmoon, Saratoga, Co. and one in Greenfield, Saratoga Co. (with Moses?). In 1820 there is also a Benjamin Woodin in Seneca, Ontario Co. In 1830, there is a Benjamin P. Woodin in Pawling, Dutchess Co., a Benjamin Worden in Johnstown, Montgomery Co. (probably our Benjamin because his Rev. War pension application was filed there in 1834) and another in Middlefield, Otsego Co. Benjamin appears as an active member of the Clinton community from 1781 through 1796. He is shown as highway overseer, constable and tax collector in many of these years, according to "Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutches County, NY 1738-1761 Together with Records of Charlotte Precinct 1762-1785, Clinton Precinct 1786-1788 and Town of Clinton 1789-1799," ed. by Franklin D. Roosevelt, part of the Dutchess County Historical Society, Vol. VII, 1940. According to "Eighteenth Century Documents of the Nine Partners Patent, Dutchess County N.Y.," comp. by Clifford Buck and William McDermott, ed. by William McDermott: Benjamin Worden witnessed a deed transaction on Apr 1 1786 (10:125) for 300 pounds from David and George Arnold to Jonathan Arnold, bounds Paul Paretse, Teddier Allen, David Johnson, Robert Irwin, Matthew Howard, Samuel Upton. P. 231 #536. The same source shows Benjamin on a tax list dated June 12, 1801 having real estate valued at $300. p. 637. The same source shows several land transactions involving Isaac and other Frosts, at least one of which shows Frost land bordering Benjamin Worden. Benjamin is involved in several legal cases as documented in "Ancient Documents of Dutchess County, NY." These incidents appear in File Nos. 11023, 11364 and 11539.

Note: . Robert and Benjamin are living next door to each other. Robert has 1 male 16-25 (himself), 2 females under 10, 1 26-44. Benjamin has 3 males under 10, 1 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 26-44 and 1 45 and over
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Note: Benjamin is mentioned in the will of Jacob P. Traver, a relative of William Traver who married Philenia Worden.
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Note: Greenfield and Halfmoon are only 22 miles from each other; Johnstown is 36 miles from Halfmoon; Stillwater is 9 miles from Halfmoon, per Mapquest

Census: 1830 Johnstown, Montgomery, New York

Note: . There are three Benjamin Wordens on the 1830 Census. One is in Stillwater, Saratoga County (this one I have not been able to view; the copy at Ancestry.com is damaged. However, the Benjamin in Stillwater in 1840 is between 60 and 70 years old. Our Benjamin woud be 84 in 1840). Another is in Middlefield, Otsego County, NY. The third is probably our Benjamin: Johnstown, Montgomery County, NY. He is found there in 1841.
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Note: There are a Robert, William and Joseph Worden, all from New York, in the War of 1812.

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Note: 2011: Gilbert Bahn attributes Leonard (ID #1545) as a son of Samuel b. 1745 (ID #1875) and Samuel M. (ID #1873) as a son of Benjamin (ID #1654). He also shows two other sons (E1XX and E1XZ) who could be William C. b. 1791 and Henry b. 1792, respectively. More research is needed.
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Note: Autosomal DNA evidence has now confirmed that Leonard Worden was the son of Benjamin and Sarah Frost Worden, primarily due to multiple matches between descendants of Cox and Frost and descendants of Benjamin and Sarah Worden. Especially see Gedmatch ID numbers FN19709, F278351, F325174, FB7555, M712835, and F292491.Matches were also found at FamilyTreeDNA.com, Ancestry.com and 23andMe.com. An article describing this atDNA project was published in Wordens Past in the November 2014 edition at www.WordenFamilyAssoc.org.

Title: Web pageAbbrev: Web pagePublication: variousPage: "Military minutes of the Council of appointment of the state of New York, 1783-1821," from http://www.mocavo.com/visit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fstream%2Fmilitaryminuteso00coun%2Fmilitaryminuteso00coun_djvu.txt

Title: United States Military Service RecordAbbrev: Military service recordPage: Abstracts from "Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York 1783-1821" compiled and edited by Hugh Hastings, State Historian, p. 307

Title: The Cox family in America : a history and genealogy of the older branches of the family from the appearance of its first...Abbrev: Cox Family GenealogyPage: Ancestry.com. The Cox family in America : a history and genealogy of the older branches of the family from the appearance of its first repres [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Cox, Henry Miller,. The Cox family in America : a history and genealogy of the older branches of the family from the appearance of its first representative in this country in 1610. New York: Printed for the author by the Unionist-Gazette Association, 1912.

Title: Ancestry Web SiteAbbrev: Ancestry.comPage: The Frost genealogy : descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York, showing connections never before published with the [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Frost, Josephine C.. The Frost genealogy : descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York, showing connections never before published with the Winthrop, Underhill, Feke, Bowne, and Wickes families. New York: F.H. Hitchcock, Genealogical Publisher, 1912, p. 31 #64.